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Windows 7: Windows 7 won't connect to domain

I'm not 100% either but he is on the new domain/LAN and can surf the net??, so based on that it shouldn't be a router/firewall issue. It's a work environment also and i'll be surprised if they need to change the router/firewall setting just by renaming a domain in AD.

With AD, replication is vital, maybe the DNS service needs a restart...etc.

Restart the machine, and make sure you are on the network of D2. Join the new domain using the wizard (ie click the Network ID icon)

Quote: Originally Posted by ryo

hello and welcome
when you change the domain name with "domain2"
make sure that's the DNS on the windows server 2003 already configuration. because before Windows server 2003 is read the first domain ( domain1), that's why you can't to login.

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